[texhax] TexLIght?

[Alexander Grahn]

On Sat, Nov 17, 2007 at 07:29:19PM -0600, Karl Berry wrote:
>Unfortunately, I don't know of any CD/DVD on which TeX can be run with
>zero config files on local disk.  TeX Live requires this, and I suspect
>MiKTeX does too, although I don't know that for a fact.

It is possible to create a portable MiKTeX installation on external
writable devices such as USB memory sticks or disks that runs without
installation, see

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/MiKTeX+Ghostscript+GSview+USB-drive-HOWTO.txt

Alexander